'The BJP has proved that it is a threat to all its allies'
The opposition Congress could muster only 16 votes against the government with one of its legislators absenting from the crucial floor test.
'If the charge is not given immediately, we will contest all upcoming elections, that is (Assembly) by-election and Lok Sabha polls, by fielding our candidates against official candidate of the government'
It was crucial for the BJP to bag the two seats as it does not enjoy a majority on its own in the 40-member assembly.
We want to make a non-BJP political front in this country, Raut said.
Sawant took the oath in Konkani language.
Incumbents Pushkar Singh Dhami and Pramod Sawant are the clear favourites but face some opposition
Giving a new poll slogan of 'Khel Zatlo' in Goa, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said an anti-BJP alliance has already taken shape in the coastal state under the banner of her party TMC and now it is for the Congress to decide whether it wants to join the grouping ahead of elections to take on the saffron outfit.
If pandemic (mis)management threatened to dominate Goa's electoral discourse, the BJP is up against a deeper structural issue in its organisation, created by the fact that a majority of the legislature party and the ministerial council is made up of Congress defectors, disparagingly referred to by the Opposition as "imports". Radhika Ramaseshan reports.
Congress and RJD are single largest parties in Goa and Bihar respectively.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the decks for oath taking of Manohar Parrikar as the chief minister of Goa by refusing the plea of Congress to stay the ceremony, saying the BJP has shown the support of 21 out of the 40 newly elected MLAs.
Modi's NDA is good enough to give a psychological boost to the once 'untouchable' BJP and Modi but if the NDA doesn't get a majority on its own, then walking the last mile will be the greatest challenge of this election for Modi, says Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com
BJP claimed close to 116 lawmakers from rival parties appeared to have voted for Kovind.
Parrikar returned to Goa as the chief minister for the fourth time, though he could not complete full terms in his earlier stints.
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